新概念 2 L61：Trouble with the Hubble 哈勃望远镜的困境

词汇

  • telescope 天文望远镜
    • binoculars 双筒望远镜
    • tele- 远的，遥远的
      • telephone
      • telegram
      • telecommunication 电信
    • scope 镜子
      • microscope 显微镜
  • launch vt. 发射
    • launch a missile 发射一枚导弹
    • vt. 发行（产品）
      • launch a mobilephone
      • launch a new game
  • space n.
    • 空间
    • 太空，宇宙
      • travel in space
      • space shuttle
      • space station
      • spacewalk
      • spacesuit
  • faulty adj. 有错误的，有瑕疵的
    • fault n. 错误（人为）
    • mistake n. 错误（科学、客观的错误）
  • astronaut /ˈæstrənɔːt/ n. 宇航员
    • astronomer n. 天文学家
    • astro- 星星
      • astronomy 天文学
      • astrology 占星学
      • asterisk n. 星号
      • disaster 不幸；灾难
  • shuttle n. 航天飞机
  • grab v.抓，抢夺
    = snatch
    • grab a chance 抓住机会
  • atmosphere
    • 大气层
    • the moon’s atmosphere
    • 气氛
  • distant a. 遥远的
    • a distant relation
    • be distant from
  • galaxy n. 星系
    • the Galaxy
      = the Millky Way

原文

The Hubble telescope was launched into space by NASA on April 20,1990 at a cost of over a billion dollars. Right from the start there was trouble with the Hubble. The pictures it sent us were very disappointing because its main mirror was faulty! NASA is now going to put the telescope right, so it will soon be sending up four astronauts to repair it. The shuttle Endeavour will be taking the astronauts to the Hubble. A robot-arm from the Endeavour will grab the telescope and hold it while the astronauts make the necessary repairs. Of course, the Hubble is above the earth’s atmosphere, so it will soon be sending us the clearest pictures of the stars and distant galaxies that we have ever seen. The Hubble will tell us a great deal about the age and size of the universe. By the time you read this, the Hubble’s eagle eye will have sent us thousands and thousands of wonderful pictures.

参考译文：
哈勃望远镜于 1990 年 4 月 20 日由国家航空航天局发射升空，耗资 10 多亿美元。从最开始哈勃望远镜就有问题。它传送给我们的图像很令人失望，因为它的主要镜子有误差。国家航天局准备纠正这一错误，为此将把 4 名宇航员送入太空修复望远镜。“奋进”号航天飞机将把宇航员送上哈勃。当宇航员进行必要的修复工作时，“奋进”号上的一只机器手将抓住望远镜并托住它。当然，哈勃位于地球的大气层之外，因此，它很快就会给我们传送我们所见到过的、有关行星和远距离星系的最清晰的照片。哈勃将告诉我们有关宇宙的年龄和大小的许多事情。等到你读到这篇文章时，敏锐的哈勃望远镜已经为我们送来了成千上万张精彩的照片。

  • will be doing
    • 将正做着某事
    • 将来某个时间段做着某事
    • 打算做某事
  • 将来完成时 will have done (将已做了)
    • We’ll have driven 500 miles by the time we get home tomorrow.
      • by the time = before
      • 时间状语从句主将重现在
      • will have done + by the time + does